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HOW DO YOU DESATURATE A COLOR, WITH GIMP? THX
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djutmose
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Ok I'm not an expert but I think all you have to do is go into into the Colors-Hue/Saturation menu. Then pick the color you want (from the six primary colors shown) to desaturate and adjust the Saturation slider until it looks like you want. The default mode, if you don't pick a color, just lowers saturation on all colors.
If you're asking how to desaturate an exact shade and not one of the primary colors ... then I don't know:( But maybe this will help.
You may also need to experiment on the particular image you're working with to see which color on the menu desaturates what. I tried to desaturate a green background but it wasn't working until I set the color to YELLOW-- so how the color appears to your eye and how GIMP sees it can be different.
If you're asking how to desaturate an exact shade and not one of the primary colors ... then I don't know:( But maybe this will help.
You may also need to experiment on the particular image you're working with to see which color on the menu desaturates what. I tried to desaturate a green background but it wasn't working until I set the color to YELLOW-- so how the color appears to your eye and how GIMP sees it can be different.
djutmose
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Yes GIMP, GIMP 2.6. The instructions I gave were for GIMP.
I use Paint.net too for a lot of image stuff as I find it easier than GIMP. But GIMP has some nice tools that Paint.net doesn't.
(I never used Photoshop as I don't have $700.00 for it and don't want to pirate it.)
I use Paint.net too for a lot of image stuff as I find it easier than GIMP. But GIMP has some nice tools that Paint.net doesn't.
(I never used Photoshop as I don't have $700.00 for it and don't want to pirate it.)
Jparker1984
2008
gimp is a very useful tool. i like how it can lower the color depth of images with little to no changes.
Ok, I don't understand much of this, but when I do click on the color-hue/saturation menu, I get the error : Hue-Saturation operates only on RGB color layers".
(I'm double posting on purpose, to attract attention) It woks perfectly though when I paint something myself...?
yuhikaru
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I don't use Gimp, so I may be wrong, but probably your image is in 'indexed color' mode. You have to change it 'RGB color' mode. Google says it's in Image>Mode>RGB.
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